[Chat] Mtg. tonight, 6:30 p.m. - Guilford Ave Bike Blvd Mtg. @ JHU

[Patrick McMahon]

At 6:30 p.m. tonight (June 30) Baltimore City DOT will hold a meeting to
discuss plans for a set of improvements along Guilford Avenue between
University Parkway and Mt. Royal Avenue to manage traffic speeds, increase
greenery, and improve conditions for bicyclists.

The meeting will be held in the Sherwood Room in Levering Hall on the Johns
Hopkins University's Homewood Campus. A map showing Levering Hall can be
found at the bottom of this message and the Sherwood Room is just inside on
the left from the main entrance. If you're planning to attend, please RSVP
at the link below so the City knows how many folks are going to show up (but
show up even if you can't RSVP).

Bike Boulevards, also known as Neighborhood Greenways, are low-traffic
neighborhood streets that are optimized for bicycling, providing direct,
attractive routes for bikes and making the streets quieter, prettier, and
healthier than busy, car-filled street. Bike boulevards are more welcoming
to kids, families and novice cyclists, and attractive for all kinds of
cyclists who want to ride on a convenient & comfortable route and provide a
wide variety of benefits for pedestrians and neighborhood residents as well.

Baltimore's gridded street system is ideal for bike boulevards and Guilford
Avenue is a great place to start because the City Public School Dept. HQ
already serves to divert through auto (but not bike) traffic off the street
and it provides a direct connection to downtown from neighborhoods in north
central Baltimore and an alternative to the higher-speed, higher-volume
arterials of Calvert, St. Paul, Charles, & Maryland.

Guilford is already heavily used by bicyclists for commuting, getting to the
four elementary schools located just off Guilford, and just riding around
town and the signage and engineering improvements planned will make it more
attractive for bicycle riders, pedestrians, and neighborhood residents.

 

I hope you can come to tonight's meeting and will pass this on to friends,
neighbors, and other individuals interested in sustainable transportation or
the neighborhoods along Guilford.

 

http://bit.ly/9ZqOOf - JHU Homewood Campus PDF Map

http://baltimorecommutes.com/bike/bike-boulevards/ - Blog post about bike
boulevards

 <http://www.socializr.com/event/594267009/>
http://www.socializr.com/event/594267009/ - RSVP for tonight's meeting

 

Patrick McMahon
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Transportation Chair
Greater Baltimore Sierra Club
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Baltimore City Sustainability Commission
Member & Transportation Working Group Chair
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patrick at mcmahon.com
410-599-5123

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